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Power is a curious thing: it must be seen to be believed.

Many of the tribal leaders who fought the Romans are remembered as noble adversaries who stood against the Roman war machine but were ultimately crushed by it. There were those who chose to accept Roman rule in order to protect their people. Cartimandua, queen of the Briganti tribe in Britannia, chose to ally herself with Rome after witnessing the devastation of the southern British tribes. Fleeing for his life, the leader of the Catuvellauni tribe, Caratacus, sought refuge with Cartimandua. Rather than break her alliance with Rome she gave up Caratacus to the Romans in chains. Her peace was eventually broken when her ex-husband rose up against her, plunging her people back into war with Rome.